So how do you predict a heart attack. Everyone knows about the athlete who was supposedly healthy and suddenly dies from a massive coronary. Well they studied it and found.......calcium deposits around the heart where the best predictors according to the study below.
As a reminder, calcium supplements are not a good idea. Studies have shown heart attack rates go up when taking calcium. There is plenty of calcium in our diet. Chinese hardly ever got milk products after being weaned. This from a study years ago. Chinese society is changing so I am not sure if they are eating more diary now. There osteoporosis rate in China is nearly non existent.
So, one more fact. What causes calcium to not go to your bones where it should go? The answer is a lack of vitamin k2. Where do you get vitamin K2? Natto has a lot and cheese curd has some. Fermented foods like sauerkraut also. I am talking about actually live cultures of fermented foods. Cabbage soaked in vinegar does not do it and that is what you get from a grocery store.
So here is the study. You may have to sign up to read it but the news letter is free....
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/249418.php

Ps..You may read that k2 is also made in the gut. Yes it is, but the American diet does not encourage or facilitate it.

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Did sunshine help Ann Romney's multiple sclerosis?
August 27, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
The wife of presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Ann, has recently been the central figure in several news pieces covering her battle with the disease, multiple sclerosis. Ann was diagnosed with MS in the late fall of 1998. She recalls, “I didn’t have the energy to even talk to anybody. It’s like a gray cloud that invaded every cell of my body. It was in the brain. It was in my muscles. It was in my organs. I had no ability to almost do anything.”

Despite this feeling, Ann reportedly started riding horses outside every day, no matter the level of fatigue. She says, “As soon as I got on, I completely forgot I was even sick or tired or — that fatigue feeling — I just was so filled with joy that it just was like a magic pill for me.” In 2001, her multiple sclerosis went into remission. She credits traditional therapy and some alternative treatments like yoga and reflexology in helping her MS, but she was in the sunshine, too.

Therefore, I’ll be the first to ask, did the sunshine she got while riding horses help her MS? Continue reading → (no membership required)

Vitamin D status in indigenous populations: Part 1
August 27, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Researchers have investigated new findings that will change our understanding of vitamin D forever. Part one of this three part blog series focuses on how vitamin D levels change with age. Continue reading → (no membership required)
  Omega-3 supplementation ups activated vitamin D levels?
August 24, 2012 -- Brant Cebulla
Researchers out of South Korea have recently reported that omega-3 fatty acid supplementation increases activated vitamin D levels in dialysis patients. Continue reading → (membership required)



Low D linked to depression during pregnancy?
August 23, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Branderbarg and colleagues found that pregnant women with low levels of vitamin D were 3 times more likely to get clinical depression during pregnancy compared to pregnant women with sufficient levels. Continue reading → (membership required)

Dear Dr Cannell: Vitamin D in the 1930's
August 21, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Cannell and Dr Clark discuss toxic doses of vitamin D2 and how specific cases were dealt with in the past. Continue reading → (no membership required)



The many guises of vitamin D deficiency
August 25, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Vitamin D deficiency may be on its way to being known in medicine as a grand deceiver, presenting in various guises and imitating different diagnoses. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Dear Dr Cannell: To fortify or not to fortify
August 22, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Cannell discusses food fortification with a reader and contemplates what the most effective approach would be. Continue reading → (no membership required)



Sunbed centers allowed to advertise vitamin D benefits August 22, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Tanning centers in Scotland are now allowed to promote the benefits of the tanning beds as a source of vitamin D, despite protest from the Scottish government. Continue reading → (news)

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Vitamin D: Beyond Bone Conference
September 21, 2012
Reminder to sign up for the upcoming Vitamin D: Beyond Bone Conference held in New York on September 21st, 2012! Click here to visit the conference website.

This weeks blogs and vitamin D news

Study: High antibodies, low vitamin D levels in autistic children
John Cannell, MD  Read Blog → (no membership required)

Vitamin D in children with cystic fibrosis
John Cannell, MD Read Blog → (membership required)

Dear Dr Cannell: Proud to report PSA levels
John Cannell, MD  Read Blog → (no membership required)

Is D deficiency linked to risk of cognitive decline?
John Cannell, MD Read Blog → (membership required)

Dear Dr Cannell: D for childhood asthma
John Cannell, MD Read Blog → (no membership required)

European Food Safety Authority ups vitamin D upper limit
Vitamin D News Read Story → (news)

Low D may be linked to ovarian cancer death risk
Vitamin D News Read Story → (news)

Vitamin D: Beyond Bone Conference
September 21, 2012
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Vitamin D: Beyond Bone Conference
September 21, 2012
The upcoming Vitamin D: Beyond Bone conference will be held in New York on September 21st, 2012. This 1-day conference will explore recent epidemiological data and the molecular mechanisms of action known to underlie the effects of vitamin D on pregnancy, lactation, and immune, metabolic, muscle, and cardiovascular function. Participants will also explore recent changes to vitamin D dietary guidelines as well as critical next steps in vitamin D research that will aid the translation of basic research and epidemiological data into public health strategies that support the health and well-being of infants, adults, and the aging population.

The conference is also accepting applications for abstract poster submission. Submit your abstract by Friday August, 17th for a chance to share your research at the conference.

Register for the conference by August 24th for discounted ticket prices. For more information click here to visit the conference website.

Effects of vitamin D: Potential impact on West Virginia disease morbidity
August 7, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Cannell discusses a paper which recognizes a potential impact of vitamin D deficiency on disease occurrence among miners in West Virginia. The researchers lament the fact that a survey of vitamin D levels among miners is lacking. Continue reading → (no membership required)
  Is vitamin D2 dangerous?
August 9, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Research recently published in PLoS ONE examines childhood vitamin D2 and D3 levels and subsequent psychotic experiences later in life. Continue reading → (membership required)



Vitamin D and the brain
August 8, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Walter Stumpf recently published a review examining vitamin D and it’s function in the brain. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Is low D the culprit for cavities?
August 10, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Canadian researchers found that children with severe early childhood cavities had significantly lower vitamin D levels than children without cavities. Continue reading → (membership required)



Dear Dr Cannell: Reflux Esophagitis link to D
August 13, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
A reader writes to Dr Cannell about the significant improvement she noticed with her reflux esophagitis after supplementing with vitamin D. Continue reading → (no membership required)

A closer look at sunbeds and melanoma
August 11, 2012 -- Dr William Grant
Dr Grant shares his comment submitted in response to a paper published by Dr Boniol and colleagues which estimates melanoma cases per year due to sunbed use in Europe. Continue reading → (membership required)


D deficiency common in critically ill children
August 6, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Two studies published online in Pediatrics found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with more severe, longer lasting illness in children admitted to the hospital. Continue reading → (news)

Marin County's high breast cancer rate may be linked to genetics
August 9, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Researchers working at the University of California San Francisco published research this past week suggesting genetic variations in the vitamin D receptor may explain the unusually high incidence of breast cancer in Marin County, California. Continue reading → (news)

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Sun exposure: Benefits beyond D production?
August 1, 2012 -- Brant Cebulla
Some of our readers have requested for more information on the benefits of sun exposure outside of vitamin D production. Fortunately, a review asking this very question was published in the last issue of Dermato Endocrinology by Professors Asta Juzeniene and Johan Moan.

Juzeniene A and Moan J. Beneficial effects of UV radiation other than via vitamin D production. Dermato Endocrinology, 2012.

Here is what we know: Continue reading → (no membership required)

Aboriginal Arctic populations: Vitamin D deficiency and disease risk
August 1, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Arctic aboriginal populations have experienced significant diet and lifestyle changes over the past 50 years, coinciding with increased rates of cancer, diabetes, and obesity. Dr Sangita Shama and colleagues investigate this phenomenon. Continue reading → (membership required)

Vitamin D: Treatment possibility for children with asthma?
July 31, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Researchers from Harvard published a study investigating the effect of vitamin D and inhaled corticosteroid treatment on lung function in children with moderate asthma. Continue reading → (membership required)


Dear Dr Cannell: Continue supplementing when doctor says no?
August 4, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Cannell talks with a woman who’s uncle has diabetes and prostate cancer. His doctor advised him to stop taking D. What should he do? Continue reading → (no membership required)

Can vitamin D status predict reproductive success following IVF?
August 3, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Cannell reviews research that found an association between vitamin D levels among women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) and reproductive success. Take a look at what the researchers found. Continue reading → (membership required)


Study found vitamin D boosts vitamin D production
Juy 31, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Researchers at the Menzies Research Institute in Tasmania found that one of the main treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) may increase the amount of vitamin D patients produce when exposed to sunlight. Continue reading → (news)

Vitamin D and lipids: More research required?
August 6, 2012 -- Rebecca Oshiro
An editorial published in this month’s issue of Circulation examined the evidence for the role of vitamin D in lipid profiles. Rebecca Oshiro discusses the latest meta-analysis. Continue reading → (membership required)